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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party wanted to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> these are supposed to be his friends. his colleagues. but even at the hint that the taxes might be raised on his leadership watch, they turn on him. tell them what you found in your office desk. >> oh, i don't -- >> no, no. go ahead. hey, tell them what your so-called friends put in your office desk. >> it was a rubber snake. >> a rubber snake. and did it scare you? >> it did. >> i was so heartbroken to hear this, i said, look. how about this, john, if you agree to a 1% raise on the top two americans, just two people, i will resolve social security. resolve it. so we took it to the republicans and congress and what do they do? >> invited me to a pizza party. >> and when they got there -- when you got there, sorry. >> it was a burned t warehouse. >> didou
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party wanted to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because, well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> these are supposed to be his friends. his colleagues. but even at the hint that the taxes might be raised on his leadership watch, they turn on him. tell them what you found in your office desk. >> oh, i don't -- >> no, no. go ahead....
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and then john boehner -- i mean, i just find that amazing. again, it's a human moment. but -- was that a mistake? i mean, she doesn't realize the cameras are on her sometimes or michael, do you think that's just another example of well that's why people like her, she'll roll her eyes at john boehner. >> i think that was a mistake and i think that's also why people like her. what i'm reminded of here, there was a big incident in the truman administration, where a music critic for the "washington post" named paul hume gave a really nasty review to truman's daughter, margaret. and truman wrote him a letter which was immediately publicized, basically threatening to beat him up. and everyone said, oh, this is so terrible, it's beneath the president of the united states. >> it's totalitarian and fascist. >> sometimes you have to react to people being jerks in a very definitive way, and i'm glad the first lady did it. i've never approved of anything she has done as much as this. >> wow, well, i have to say -- >> listen, aaron, i roll my eyes every time john boehner talks, so i
and then john boehner -- i mean, i just find that amazing. again, it's a human moment. but -- was that a mistake? i mean, she doesn't realize the cameras are on her sometimes or michael, do you think that's just another example of well that's why people like her, she'll roll her eyes at john boehner. >> i think that was a mistake and i think that's also why people like her. what i'm reminded of here, there was a big incident in the truman administration, where a music critic for the...
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what about the e-mail speaker boehner called to have released. what about the e-mail on september 12th where we told the libyan ambassador that it was wanis al sharef that conducted this take. why did the president of libya got it right and the secretary or the ambassador from the united nations, our own susan rice that she got it so wrong? through that process truth was the casualty. they got it less right. >> is it possible what she was doing and maybe she questioned these things as many already did by that date, but she said look the president of the united states is my boss he's asked me to do this, this is clearly he sanctioned i'll do what i'm supposed to do. isn't that what people do in washington? wasn't that the loyal thing to do? >> clearly the president is rewarding loyalty but there's no way she can get through a senate confirmation. i guess i would demand and expect that judgment is a key factor in how you put or who you put next to you on the national security decisions. she had a total lack of judgment. she said she read the daily
what about the e-mail speaker boehner called to have released. what about the e-mail on september 12th where we told the libyan ambassador that it was wanis al sharef that conducted this take. why did the president of libya got it right and the secretary or the ambassador from the united nations, our own susan rice that she got it so wrong? through that process truth was the casualty. they got it less right. >> is it possible what she was doing and maybe she questioned these things as...
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i missed some of the comments that john boehner made. let me give you a quick summary of the highlights here, and let's call them highlights because finally kumbaya. hope it lasts. the senate majority leader harry reid suggested both of us, we're both going to have to give up what we want and call this the cornerstone of working something out. that sounds good. then nancy pelosi, the house minority leader, saying that this has to be about cuts. this has to be about revenue. this has to be about growth and that she is confident a solution is in sight. sounds good, too. and then the house minority leader or rather the minority leader mitch mcconnell also suggesting that this was a constructive meeting and that we are prepared to put revenue on the table. they just emerged from the meeting. looked like they were going right back in. maybe they were going to have lunch. i don't know. they sure deserve it if they're able to come to rhetoric like that any any case. take to you break for a moment and hopefully i can scramble up wolf blitzer. gi
i missed some of the comments that john boehner made. let me give you a quick summary of the highlights here, and let's call them highlights because finally kumbaya. hope it lasts. the senate majority leader harry reid suggested both of us, we're both going to have to give up what we want and call this the cornerstone of working something out. that sounds good. then nancy pelosi, the house minority leader, saying that this has to be about cuts. this has to be about revenue. this has to be about...
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we are 60 seconds away, just about from speaker boehner. let me bring in here jill dougherty covering the white house for us today and senior congressional correspondent dana bash. in the moments we have remaining, we'll cut away, when we see the speaker in that live picture as we are all watching. we know he indicated sunday temporary fix might be in the works during the lame duck. post election, might that change? >> as far as we're told, at least his opening bid will be no. it won't change. he very much believes that temporary fix does not work. in particular because you're talking about a lame duck congress. but i have to give you a little bit of information that diedra walsh and i got on a conference call that the superb just wrpea wrapped up with his republican conference or caucus. he was starting out the call, we're told, really trying to buck them up, saying that we're not going to give in on our principles, that we, the house republicans are the firewall between the republican -- the democrats and the senate and -- i'll stop talki
we are 60 seconds away, just about from speaker boehner. let me bring in here jill dougherty covering the white house for us today and senior congressional correspondent dana bash. in the moments we have remaining, we'll cut away, when we see the speaker in that live picture as we are all watching. we know he indicated sunday temporary fix might be in the works during the lame duck. post election, might that change? >> as far as we're told, at least his opening bid will be no. it won't...
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we've already seen house speaker boehner. he's talked a little bit about reaching out to the president. he's going to be addressing this very much, the spending cuts, the tax hikes that automatically take into effect if congress doesn't essentially come up with another plan by the new year. he's going to talk about it at 3:30. do we have a sense if the president has a plan to reach out to boehner or even senator minority leader mitch mcconnell? >> yeah, they have to. both sides have to reach out to each other because after all, now that the dust has settled, we're really back to the same quandary that we had before which is how are they going to resolve this before the cliff comes at the end of the year? and, of course, the president wants both elements, tax increases and spending cuts. for a long time there has been resistance from the republican side for those tax increases. but ultimately, the question is and some believe that there might be more room to negotiate and find common ground. but it feels like deja vu as we say
we've already seen house speaker boehner. he's talked a little bit about reaching out to the president. he's going to be addressing this very much, the spending cuts, the tax hikes that automatically take into effect if congress doesn't essentially come up with another plan by the new year. he's going to talk about it at 3:30. do we have a sense if the president has a plan to reach out to boehner or even senator minority leader mitch mcconnell? >> yeah, they have to. both sides have to...
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because of that, house speaker john boehner take iing aim and saying if it stalls until monday afternoon, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the democratic leadership. it looks like the possibility of a shutdown is more and more likely. >> brianna, we continue to follow all the angles and have much more on the shutdown coming up in the newsroom at 2:00 pm eastern. fareed zakaria: gps continues right now. >>> the world watched in horror as an upscale kenyan shopping mall became a war zone on a regular saturday afternoon, militants stormed nairobi's westgate shopping center, spraying shops with bullets. dozens were killed, many more were injured. the group that claimed responsibility was an al qaeda offshoot al shabaab from somalia. i have a unique perspective on what happened. joining me now is the president of somalia. welcome. >> thank you. >> you're a human rights activist. within 48 hours of your becoming president, you survived an assassination attempt and there have been several more. were these all by al shabaab? >> yes, these were all by al shabaab. you see, what they
because of that, house speaker john boehner take iing aim and saying if it stalls until monday afternoon, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the democratic leadership. it looks like the possibility of a shutdown is more and more likely. >> brianna, we continue to follow all the angles and have much more on the shutdown coming up in the newsroom at 2:00 pm eastern. fareed zakaria: gps continues right now. >>> the world watched in horror as an upscale kenyan shopping...
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but i don't think we can overstate how -- what kind of a defining moment this is for speaker boehner. it really is. because he's got some tough decisions to make about how he's going to lead this caucus or how he's going to step back and let the caucus lead him. >> they were going for the republicans, this was not something that he wanted to do with a coalition. he's had a lot of defining moments with this caucus. >> let's talk about a bipartisan coalition. so you will a'll have tea party activiacts activist thas will vote against it but you will have some who say it's too important to the country and the economy. >> the conservatives will say you're not our speaker. >> yeah. i think he could do that. it throws, you know, it gives him 35 to 40 and maybe more, we don't know, folks who will be furious with him because they feel -- and here's why it's difficult. none of them want obama care at this point. none of them want the affordable care act to pass. so they're in this position, many republicans in the position of saying look, i don't like obama care. i just don't think this is the
but i don't think we can overstate how -- what kind of a defining moment this is for speaker boehner. it really is. because he's got some tough decisions to make about how he's going to lead this caucus or how he's going to step back and let the caucus lead him. >> they were going for the republicans, this was not something that he wanted to do with a coalition. he's had a lot of defining moments with this caucus. >> let's talk about a bipartisan coalition. so you will a'll have tea...
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i am not surprised in the sense, no offense to speaker boehner. one thing you do when you talk to staff, the romney staff is in close communication with leadership staff. the house and senate side, let them know if they're doing a major policy thing, if in the neighborhood. mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by washington. last thing he wants is to be seen shoulder to shoulder, even though he would like advice. >> i sense from the capitol hill side of things that the speaker is very comfortable with talking about the vice presidential picks, very comfortable with names on the top of the list. >> i think he is comfortable with it, to the point about mitt romney, he is not a schmoozer. mitt romney is not a politician comes out, pats you on the back, thinking about tim pawlenty. mitt romney don't do that. three people know about the vice presidential pick and where it is, th
i am not surprised in the sense, no offense to speaker boehner. one thing you do when you talk to staff, the romney staff is in close communication with leadership staff. the house and senate side, let them know if they're doing a major policy thing, if in the neighborhood. mitt romney met privately with mitch mcconnell, speaker boehner. not a lot of communication because they don't know each other, romney is unknown, and in part on purpose. he doesn't want to run as somebody tainted by...
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my exclusive interview with the house speaker john boehner. we go through a lot of important issues, domestic, international, syria, i think you're going to be interested to hear what he has to say about what the united states should be doing in syria. in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour of "the situation room," dan rather is coming in. he's got some strong views -- i don't know if you've seen the piece he wrote about media manipulation, if you will, on cnn.com. take a look at that piece. we're going to discuss that and more. and then in the 6:00 p.m. eastern hour of "the situation room" my interview with susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, she is very, very angry at russia and china for vetoing yet this latest u.n. security council resolution on syria. so the war of words between the u.s. and russia, between her and the russian ambassador to the u.n. heating up big time. i'll leave it like that. good to see you, brooke, thanks so much. >> thanks, wolf. see you in five minutes. appreciate it. >>> arizona sheriff joe arpaio known f
my exclusive interview with the house speaker john boehner. we go through a lot of important issues, domestic, international, syria, i think you're going to be interested to hear what he has to say about what the united states should be doing in syria. in the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour of "the situation room," dan rather is coming in. he's got some strong views -- i don't know if you've seen the piece he wrote about media manipulation, if you will, on cnn.com. take a look at that piece....
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boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue slope on a ski slope. christine says it's a cliff like a black diamond. >> big black diamond. >> other people have said it's a gentle slope like a sunny day slope down the hill. what is it, do you think? >> the problem is we're going to start going downhill and not know exactly whether it's a blue slope or a double diamond. you don't know exactly what's ahead of you, because we don't know how quickly a deal will come together. that's the problem. if on january 2nd the leadership of the congress and the president say, don't worry. we've g
boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue...
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boehner appreciates that, dana. just looking at their body language sitting around the table, they're all smiling awkwardly and trying to get along, so hopefully as the morning progresses, you know, the talks will be cordial and arrive at some sort of conclusion. do you have any hopes an actual plan will be developed from this meeting? >> the bright lines over which neither side will cross will likely be established. the players have been very careful not to draw the bright lines in public, for example, the president now publicly at least has made clear that, yes, he promised during the campaign to raise those rates for those families making $250,000 or more but he is also in the next sentence said i am open if anybody has any other ideas to figuring out how to raise other tax revenue in order to achieve his goal which is deficit reduction, about a trillion dollars in deficit reduction. those kinds of lines and paramete parameters. >> dana bash, thank you so much. i know you're busy today. we appreciate you giving y
boehner appreciates that, dana. just looking at their body language sitting around the table, they're all smiling awkwardly and trying to get along, so hopefully as the morning progresses, you know, the talks will be cordial and arrive at some sort of conclusion. do you have any hopes an actual plan will be developed from this meeting? >> the bright lines over which neither side will cross will likely be established. the players have been very careful not to draw the bright lines in...
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speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in defending her. how do you think that's going to end up? >> reporter: that's right. it was a very full throated defense from the president, something we've not heard from him up to this point. the president sort of making the point here if you want to attack anyone, attack me. and calling the attacks from republicans, in particular, senator john mccain, who has been going after ambassador rice because he believes that the narrative that she told shortly after those attacks as they turned out not to be the case and he wants to know why. he said we're
speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in...
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he's for the boehner plan 150% and yet carl is saying boehner may not have the votes in his own caucus. >> so does anyone? >> i don't know if the votes are there or not, but there are some people who will definitely not vote for it. and you're correct, there are some people who don't think a default is necessarily a bad idea. the entire house republican leadership endorsed that plan today and immediately people began falling away. >> bottom line, carl, one way or another could you see this ending up as two votes, we will face another -- we will be having another conversation in 2012? >> i don't want that to happen. the democrats say they will not do that. now, depending on how it's ultimately presented to the president, you know, he may be stuck with that kind of approach. they are really trying to find a way out of that. harry reid, chuck schumer, they seem very determined and say rips are now just trying to embarrass the president in the election year next year. it may be a two-stage process at the end. how they work the vote, i don't know. it may be that motion of disapproval in som
he's for the boehner plan 150% and yet carl is saying boehner may not have the votes in his own caucus. >> so does anyone? >> i don't know if the votes are there or not, but there are some people who will definitely not vote for it. and you're correct, there are some people who don't think a default is necessarily a bad idea. the entire house republican leadership endorsed that plan today and immediately people began falling away. >> bottom line, carl, one way or another could...
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this is the boehner plan. boehner's working to get his votes behind him to get the votes passed in the house. that may not be the plan the senate is interested in. there's a plan that the house doesn't seem to like. they're going to be working through the weekend. but we're actually -- the one advantage we've got is solid plans on the table. but we don't have agreement on those plans. >> number and we could have a simple one-page agreement that. is something that's been done in the past and whatever gets to the president's desk, i have maintained all along and i maintain in this, he will sign because it may not be the most optimum outkombu it is preferable to have a debt ceiling raised as to what might happen as a result of not signing it. >> he may have to sign it like this, closing his nose. >> use the auto pen. >> the auto pen. that's it. that might happen. tim vrks a good show this morning. tim farley, host of morning radio on sirius xm. >>> authorities say private first-class na sir abdul was arrested wit
this is the boehner plan. boehner's working to get his votes behind him to get the votes passed in the house. that may not be the plan the senate is interested in. there's a plan that the house doesn't seem to like. they're going to be working through the weekend. but we're actually -- the one advantage we've got is solid plans on the table. but we don't have agreement on those plans. >> number and we could have a simple one-page agreement that. is something that's been done in the past...
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that's the fourth ranking leadership position in the house republican leadership with john boehner, eric canter and kevin mccarthy ahead of her. that's big news for house republicans. also big news on the democratic side of the house today after much, much speculation, nancy pelosi announced she'll stay on for another two years as a top democrat in the house. but that wasn't the only message she was sending today. despite losing the gavel to republicans in 2010 and failing to win it back last week, nancy pelosi says she's staying. >> i have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the house democratic leader. >> reporter: flanked by dozens of her democratic female colleagues, pelosi clearly relished the chance to draw a stark contrast with house republicans. >> i'm so proud to stand here with you, my sisters. this is girls morning out. we must have the further empo r empowerment of women. this statement of the strength of women in the congress of the united states. >> reporter: the next congress will have a record 78 women serving in the house. 58 of them
that's the fourth ranking leadership position in the house republican leadership with john boehner, eric canter and kevin mccarthy ahead of her. that's big news for house republicans. also big news on the democratic side of the house today after much, much speculation, nancy pelosi announced she'll stay on for another two years as a top democrat in the house. but that wasn't the only message she was sending today. despite losing the gavel to republicans in 2010 and failing to win it back last...
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boehner. we're expecting the speaker to walk out any moment to make a final statement after what has been an incredibly long few hours there, i guess, for everybody in congress. as soon as that happens, we'll bring it to you live here on cnn. but despite all of the rancor, joe, there was agreement on one issue. >> reporter: that's right. that one issue was agreeing, the member of the armed forces would be paid in the event of a government shutdown. funding for their salaries for fiscal year 2014. the president issued a video statement about that. listen. >> those of you in uniform will remain on your normal duty status. the threats to our national security have not changed and we need you to be ready for any contingency. ongoing military operations, like our efforts in afghanistan, will continue. if you're serving in harm's way, we're going to make sure you have what you need to succeed in your missions. >> reporter: that bill the president's referring to was passed by both the house and senat
boehner. we're expecting the speaker to walk out any moment to make a final statement after what has been an incredibly long few hours there, i guess, for everybody in congress. as soon as that happens, we'll bring it to you live here on cnn. but despite all of the rancor, joe, there was agreement on one issue. >> reporter: that's right. that one issue was agreeing, the member of the armed forces would be paid in the event of a government shutdown. funding for their salaries for fiscal...
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but the president needs john boehner more than john boehner needs the president. >> does the speaker have enough votes inside his caucus to agree to some kind of tax rate hike in the upper echelons of society, does he have enough votes that he can put together with whatever nancy pelosi can stir up and pass it? >> i'm not sure there's support for rate hike, there is support for the revenue by cleaning up the tax code. >> isn't there $800 billion of collected revenue still a tax hike? >> this has been part of the debate for years. looking at cleaning up the code. and candy, getting in there and -- there are so many ways you can do it. maybe you want to cap total deductions, maybe you want to look at some of these tax credits and clean this code up. dave campus p dave's camp has put an incredible amount of time on this. it is the time, this is the opportunity to clean that code up. >> if we don't act before the end of the year, taxes go up for everybody, not for 2%, and it's a lot more than $800 billion. there's a big difference between a temporary tax cut that goes out than's proactiv
but the president needs john boehner more than john boehner needs the president. >> does the speaker have enough votes inside his caucus to agree to some kind of tax rate hike in the upper echelons of society, does he have enough votes that he can put together with whatever nancy pelosi can stir up and pass it? >> i'm not sure there's support for rate hike, there is support for the revenue by cleaning up the tax code. >> isn't there $800 billion of collected revenue still a...
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boehner was there, but afterward the white house released a statement calling out congress saying it "should refrain from playing reckless political games with our economy." >>> it was a quick meeting, was anything meaningful accomplished? congressional correspondent dkae bolduan is with us more. more on this. it is interesting because john boehner had a statement after walking out of the meeting with the president last night. and then he had a conference call, following the meeting with the president earlier today. what is going on? >> reporter: we are get something information, i'll pull this out of my ear, sorry, fredricka, we're getting information about what was discussed on that conference call. this is a conference call that speaker boehner held with house -- other house republican leaders as well as house members. this afternoon at 2:00. according to an aide familiar with that call, on that call, speaker boehner said that right now they're working toward a package, working to put together a deal, a package that would cut $3 trillion to $4 trillion and do that in two steps. so
boehner was there, but afterward the white house released a statement calling out congress saying it "should refrain from playing reckless political games with our economy." >>> it was a quick meeting, was anything meaningful accomplished? congressional correspondent dkae bolduan is with us more. more on this. it is interesting because john boehner had a statement after walking out of the meeting with the president last night. and then he had a conference call, following the...
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the reid bill and boehner bill. speaker boehner's bill was approved by the house. he had to change it up to get more republican votes. they did approve a debt bill in the house. they said it was doa in the senate. it was. all of the democrats and some republicans voted against it. listen to the speaker. >> can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle. put something on the table. tell us where you are. [ applause ] >> that is speaker boehner before that vote. they approved his bill in the house. the boehner bill moved on to the senate and never got any traction there. they are now focusing on harry reid's proposal there. reid has floated a change to his original idea to include elements from republican plans. republican leaders could block any vote. >> the country is in crisis. this is not a time for politics as usual. i think we have shown that we are willing to give significantly in their direction. we are still waiting for speaker mcconnell -- we are wait
the reid bill and boehner bill. speaker boehner's bill was approved by the house. he had to change it up to get more republican votes. they did approve a debt bill in the house. they said it was doa in the senate. it was. all of the democrats and some republicans voted against it. listen to the speaker. >> can never say yes. a lot of people can never say yes. this house has acted. it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle. put something on the table....
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we didn't hear that from speaker boehner. >> a lot of posturing going on right now. i think he can't walk out and say, we're willing to give up on the shut down and give up on the debt limb it and we agreed to talk. he's going to -- i think he needs to go to the president today, the republican leadership, go to the president today, come back and say, we've got the president to agree to negotiate, which is what the president said he's willing to do but they need to do that to make it look like they get a win out of it. >> congressman, the big picture here if this is a delay, and we do this all over again in november, is there any conversation, to use the word of this crisis, happening about is this any way to run a government? any way to run an economy? we're going to be talking about this in november, and it's going to happen next year, next time around as well. is this any way to run a government? >> of course it's not. and again, we've been trying for a number of months now to get -- to use the regular process, budget conference procedure to get a budget so we woul
we didn't hear that from speaker boehner. >> a lot of posturing going on right now. i think he can't walk out and say, we're willing to give up on the shut down and give up on the debt limb it and we agreed to talk. he's going to -- i think he needs to go to the president today, the republican leadership, go to the president today, come back and say, we've got the president to agree to negotiate, which is what the president said he's willing to do but they need to do that to make it look...
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there's the boehner two-step plan from house speak isser jn boehner and republicans. they're about to speak any moment now. and we'll bring that to you live. what this plan would do is to cut spending by roughly $3 trillion. it would raise the debt ceiling in two stages. they would do it once now with a vote on a second increase next year. let's talk a lit bit more about this with my guest, the republican from georgia. good to have you on the show. forgive me if the house speaker interrupts at any point in time. we have a favague idea of what e house speaker will propose. how will you vote for the house peeker's plan? here he is, let's go. >> today we discussed with our members our two-step approach to cutting spending and avoiding an economic collapse as a result of a default. we believe it's a responsible common sense plan that meets our obligation to the american people and preserves the full faith and credit of the united states government. this legislation reflects a bipartisan negotiation over the weekend with our colleagues in the senate. and as a result of thi
there's the boehner two-step plan from house speak isser jn boehner and republicans. they're about to speak any moment now. and we'll bring that to you live. what this plan would do is to cut spending by roughly $3 trillion. it would raise the debt ceiling in two stages. they would do it once now with a vote on a second increase next year. let's talk a lit bit more about this with my guest, the republican from georgia. good to have you on the show. forgive me if the house speaker interrupts at...
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then this hurts john boehner. no child left behind was the vote that radicalized a lot of conservatives against george bush and he started having a harder and harder time getting republicans after that in congress to support some of his plans. and that's probably going to happen to john boehner. he should have never done this boehner plan. he should have made cut, cap and balance whether you like it or not make that the starting point. at least it had democratic votes in the house. >> where do you see the possibility for some sort of a deal? where do these john boehner republicans meet up with the democrats? >> they'll hold their nose and vote for something like the mcconnel-reid plan that was floated a couple weeks ago to let the president do it and then they gave vote of disapproval. ultimately when they get down to the last 30 seconds on the clock they'll take a deal like that, some of them. >> james, are you confident of that? >> you know, i was. i'm a little less sure today. i suspect that the speaker's going
then this hurts john boehner. no child left behind was the vote that radicalized a lot of conservatives against george bush and he started having a harder and harder time getting republicans after that in congress to support some of his plans. and that's probably going to happen to john boehner. he should have never done this boehner plan. he should have made cut, cap and balance whether you like it or not make that the starting point. at least it had democratic votes in the house. >>...
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we heard from speaker john boehner. he said that revenue is on the table. the issue here is that president obama has said he wants to increase tax rates on wealthy americans. the speaker and house republicans are still not on board with increasing tax rates, although perhaps closing some loopholes to raise some revenue, and even though there's a lot of kind of kumbaya going on here, suzanne, there's still a lot of tough work that needs to be done. they're still maybe punting on some of the important issues like tax reform and entitlement reform, but they'll be dealing with the fiscal cliff here in the near term. >> it's probably difficult to tell, but we see these pictures, and it's very common, right? you get about 30 seconds to see them all in a room together. they're patting each other on the back, smiling, and shaking hands, that kind of thick. do we have any sense of whether or not there were any different kind of tone or language when they were meeting behind closed doors that gives us a sense that maybe this is real? >> you know, i think, oh, to be a
we heard from speaker john boehner. he said that revenue is on the table. the issue here is that president obama has said he wants to increase tax rates on wealthy americans. the speaker and house republicans are still not on board with increasing tax rates, although perhaps closing some loopholes to raise some revenue, and even though there's a lot of kind of kumbaya going on here, suzanne, there's still a lot of tough work that needs to be done. they're still maybe punting on some of the...
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he's now split with john da boehner. eh says the boehner proposal is not good. he doesn't think boehner has the 217 votes necessary to pass it in the house of representatives and the white house is now threatening to veto that boehner legislation even if it managed to get through the house and the senate. it's not going to get through the senate in any case. barbara mikulski from maryland will be joining us as well. she and a lot of democrats are concerned ability some of the s a -- about some of the aspects going on. i can't overemphasize the consequences of what's involved right now. brooke? >> i'm looking down at your blog and about to tweet that you're nervous. i'm nervous, too. thank you very much. we'll see what else you have coming up on "sit room" momentarily. now here's what we have at the top of the hour. watch this. whose plan will really work? what are the sticking points to save america from defaulting on its debt. and what if washington doesn't come up with something? the news is now. a drunk driver hit this woman and her 3-year-old. her little 4-y
he's now split with john da boehner. eh says the boehner proposal is not good. he doesn't think boehner has the 217 votes necessary to pass it in the house of representatives and the white house is now threatening to veto that boehner legislation even if it managed to get through the house and the senate. it's not going to get through the senate in any case. barbara mikulski from maryland will be joining us as well. she and a lot of democrats are concerned ability some of the s a -- about some...
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both obama and boehner were trying to get them to strike the deal. the sun has set on yet another day without agreement, meaning a default may be just a week away. >>> two very political speeches from president obama and house speaker john boehner, who back two very different plans to raise the debt ceiling. from president obama he clearly endorsed the plan that has now been backed by senate leader harry reid. president obama aligned the democrats' plan with balance and fairness, the principles the president has endorsed throughout these debt negotiations. he quoted ronald reagan on the importance of raising the debt ceiling and he said the american people cannot afford to become collateral damage to washington's political warfare. he said it's time now for compromise. speaker boehner, well, he endorsed once again the principles that he said he stood for all this time, cutting spending, no new taxes, and republican unity. so where does this leave us? both men were appealing beyond washington to their bases, to the american people to pressure congress
both obama and boehner were trying to get them to strike the deal. the sun has set on yet another day without agreement, meaning a default may be just a week away. >>> two very political speeches from president obama and house speaker john boehner, who back two very different plans to raise the debt ceiling. from president obama he clearly endorsed the plan that has now been backed by senate leader harry reid. president obama aligned the democrats' plan with balance and fairness, the...
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the house speaker john boehner has conceded defeat. hi's encouraging republicans support it when the house votes later tonight. when can we expect the senate voice? >> this just was posted on the senate website. it's 35 pages. we just got it, we haven't had a chance to go through it to make sure there was nothing in here unexpected. assuming everything goes as plan, the senate is expected to vote, maybe within the hour, by 7:00 p.m., that's the latest word from harry reid. then it is expected to go over to the house, which is expected to vote to approve this. when whole deal, making sure the debt ceiling is raised, is expected to go to the president's desk tonight. >> a lot of language in this 35-pages i haven't you go through it myself, either, but a lot of stuff in there. house republicans have to pass it as well. are there any road blocks ahead that could derail this deal before it gets to the president's desk? >> this has been such a whirlwind. i am not going to say definitively no, but it certainly doesn't look that way at this ti
the house speaker john boehner has conceded defeat. hi's encouraging republicans support it when the house votes later tonight. when can we expect the senate voice? >> this just was posted on the senate website. it's 35 pages. we just got it, we haven't had a chance to go through it to make sure there was nothing in here unexpected. assuming everything goes as plan, the senate is expected to vote, maybe within the hour, by 7:00 p.m., that's the latest word from harry reid. then it is...
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really what we're talking about in boehner's plan and reid's plan and whatever boehner comes up with next, with we're talking about phantom cuts. these are cuts that will probably never take place. they're pushed out into the future. that's what these guys do. they avoid the responsibility, they push spending cuts out into the future and they can't bind future congresses, neither legally nor practically speaking. we can promise future spending cuts. they never come. we're not imbreszed with reid's plan or boehner's plan. the real plan is to cut spending and live within our means. >> i think also the american public really do fear a doomsday scenario. you know, if the stock market keeps going down, if a default triggers some sort of financial catastrophe, are you at all afraid your side is going to take the blame here because you didn't compromise on taxes? >> no, absolutely not. the only reason there's any fear is because that's what the politicians are selling to them. the president talked about not being able to pay social security checks. that's just a lie. the reality is the mone
really what we're talking about in boehner's plan and reid's plan and whatever boehner comes up with next, with we're talking about phantom cuts. these are cuts that will probably never take place. they're pushed out into the future. that's what these guys do. they avoid the responsibility, they push spending cuts out into the future and they can't bind future congresses, neither legally nor practically speaking. we can promise future spending cuts. they never come. we're not imbreszed with...
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we are waiting for house speaker john boehner. he was supposed to speak live here on cnn about 1:30. we're told that that has been pushed back to 3:30. we'll bring to it you live here in the "cnn newsroom" at 3:30 eastern time. the talks are delayed, we're hearing from kate bolduan, it's a bit of a frenzy there. maybe he's working to get some more votes. maybe there's a little bit of talking, negotiating still under way. we expect to hear from him at 3:30. and who knows who will step to the podium? we have a lot of folks on the hill at the white house watching all of this play out. it's a bit dramatic, i must say. whoever does come to the podium, whoever wants to speak, wants to come to our microphone, we'll bring to it you here to talk about the debt ceiling as it happens. we won't let you miss a moment. >>> let's get to the white house where our dan lothian is standing by. what is the late tles at this hour? >> reporter: what's happening here at the white house behind the scenes is the hard sell job making sure they can get the
we are waiting for house speaker john boehner. he was supposed to speak live here on cnn about 1:30. we're told that that has been pushed back to 3:30. we'll bring to it you live here in the "cnn newsroom" at 3:30 eastern time. the talks are delayed, we're hearing from kate bolduan, it's a bit of a frenzy there. maybe he's working to get some more votes. maybe there's a little bit of talking, negotiating still under way. we expect to hear from him at 3:30. and who knows who will step...
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two days after the election, boehner came up with a tax revenue plan. very controversial in his party. he said, let's cap deductions and loopholes and leave the race alone because that help growth. that was $800 billion. it shocked a lot of republicans. and he got nothing. he got, you know, nothing from obama. and i think that started the bad blood. and i think the president -- >> good point. they both got to learn the art of negotiation. >> we haven't heard from democrats in the senate. i'm going to guarantee you that the democrats in the senate are going to be split on this business of who's rich and what the right tax rates are going to be. >> i have to leave it there, chaps. nick, larry, thank you both much, indeed. >>> coming up next, kerry kennedy joins me about fame, politics and most important of all, taylor swift. like a lot of things, trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cross and adobe - t
two days after the election, boehner came up with a tax revenue plan. very controversial in his party. he said, let's cap deductions and loopholes and leave the race alone because that help growth. that was $800 billion. it shocked a lot of republicans. and he got nothing. he got, you know, nothing from obama. and i think that started the bad blood. and i think the president -- >> good point. they both got to learn the art of negotiation. >> we haven't heard from democrats in the...
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i'm john boehner. i served as speaker of the whole house of the members of both parties you elect. >> speaker boehner insisted republicans won't allow the government to default on its obviousligation but maintained only real solution to the problem is to cut spending. >> the two sides are not on the same page and unclear whether they're in the same book. >> language even. >> i may be naive about this, i tuned in last night thinking we were going to have something that approached a deal, sounded like a deal, encouraging. right now congress is not only putting the nation's credit rating at risk but the nation's financial standing and its crucial crucial role in world markets. >> joining us to talk about this ron brownstein, cnn political analyst and editorial director of "the national journal" and [ inaudible ] two men who have seen it all. we're seeing something we haven't seen before. ron, let me start with you. are we going to get a deal, do you think, and what's it going to look like? >> well, everyo
i'm john boehner. i served as speaker of the whole house of the members of both parties you elect. >> speaker boehner insisted republicans won't allow the government to default on its obviousligation but maintained only real solution to the problem is to cut spending. >> the two sides are not on the same page and unclear whether they're in the same book. >> language even. >> i may be naive about this, i tuned in last night thinking we were going to have something that...
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some are boehner constituents. >> we know that he's asked us to look into the situation. we also know that we have limited resources. >> reporter: jean myer came here eight years ago after losing another factor job. >> it would be devastating. everybody is aware of it and everybody talks about it. >> reporter: she's glad bane ser getting involved. >> i think it's great. the more people we have aware of it, the more people we have on our side, the better for all of us. >> reporter: it's here on main street that you really begin to see that lime na, ohio is at the intersection of the debate over cutting spending but keeping jobs. a debate that some say has boehner flexing his washington political muscle. >> i think he would much rather cut spending say in illinois, the president's home state than in ohio, his own home state. if we're going to cut the budget, colead by example here. >> city mayor david berger, a democrat says he knows spending has to be cut, but with 15% unemployment in town -- >> i think that we should not be shy in asserting that ohio has real needs and th
some are boehner constituents. >> we know that he's asked us to look into the situation. we also know that we have limited resources. >> reporter: jean myer came here eight years ago after losing another factor job. >> it would be devastating. everybody is aware of it and everybody talks about it. >> reporter: she's glad bane ser getting involved. >> i think it's great. the more people we have aware of it, the more people we have on our side, the better for all of...
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and now, john boehner wants to talk about reforming congress? now that's funny. >> all this fuss over a man most people couldn't pick out of a lineup. 55% of voters are unsure how they feel about the mine north leader. up next, two people we know have an opinion about john boehner, donna brazile and ed gillespie. i'm hungry. what's for dinner? hey, little dude. "dinner's" my middle name. how 'bout some hamburger helper? oh, my, but your mouth is gonna love it. and your wallet's gonna be pretty happy, too. now this is the deal of the day. hamburger helper...one pound, one pan, one tasty meal. >>> joining me now from washington, democratic strategist and cnn political contributor, donna brazile, and former rnc chairman and former white house counselor, ed gillespie. welcome, both. >> thank you. >> an op-ed by thomas friedman in "the new york times" today and i wanted to read you a little bit of it and get your reaction. there going to be a serious third party candidate in 2012, with a serious political movement behind him or her -- one definitely
and now, john boehner wants to talk about reforming congress? now that's funny. >> all this fuss over a man most people couldn't pick out of a lineup. 55% of voters are unsure how they feel about the mine north leader. up next, two people we know have an opinion about john boehner, donna brazile and ed gillespie. i'm hungry. what's for dinner? hey, little dude. "dinner's" my middle name. how 'bout some hamburger helper? oh, my, but your mouth is gonna love it. and your wallet's...
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we just saw the clip from minority leader boehner, hopefully going to be speaker boehner, talking about if republicans take control, what are the reforms they're going to enact, very much-needed reforms, allowing people to read bills before they're voted on, allowing for amendments and floor debating. and in the house, donna and us both came up through the house, we're house people, and it would be nice to see a legitimate debate on the floor of the house instead of making a 2,000-page bill down to the floor and making people vote yes or no. >> but they didn't add earmarks. >>> he did mention earmarks. >> he did do earmarks. let me face you towards the white house now. the exit of rahm emanuel, the at least, interim appointment, i guess, of pete rouse, what's our signal here? what are we to take away from the replacement of rahm emanuel? >> first of all, i wish rahm the best. he served his country, his president, the people and now he's trying to serve the people of illinois. this will give the president to have a fresh new team with fresh thinking. to once again focus like a laser beam
we just saw the clip from minority leader boehner, hopefully going to be speaker boehner, talking about if republicans take control, what are the reforms they're going to enact, very much-needed reforms, allowing people to read bills before they're voted on, allowing for amendments and floor debating. and in the house, donna and us both came up through the house, we're house people, and it would be nice to see a legitimate debate on the floor of the house instead of making a 2,000-page bill...
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listen to what house speaker john boehner had to say. >> i don't know. it may be pretty hard to put humpty-dumpty back together again. my last offer is still out there. i've never taken my last offer off the table. and they've never agreed to my last offer. >> boehner says house legislation needs to be posted on-line today and voted on on wednesday if they want to raise the debt ceiling by the august 22nd deadline. timothy geithner is the guy who might not have the money to pay the country's bills on time. here's what he told cnn's candy crowley on "state of the union." >> what we cannot do, this is very important, it would be irresponsible, is to leave the threat of default hanging over the american economy for a longer period of time. back in january, more than seven months ago, we started this process of working with the congress to get them to raise the debt limit so we could avoid a default crisis. it's taken us seven months. we're not nowhere, but almost out of runway. >> geithner says it's okay to do this in stages, raise the debt ceiling with spe
listen to what house speaker john boehner had to say. >> i don't know. it may be pretty hard to put humpty-dumpty back together again. my last offer is still out there. i've never taken my last offer off the table. and they've never agreed to my last offer. >> boehner says house legislation needs to be posted on-line today and voted on on wednesday if they want to raise the debt ceiling by the august 22nd deadline. timothy geithner is the guy who might not have the money to pay the...
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went out and really beat up on john boehner. pushed thi s idea of a choins between republicans and democrats. talked about it before. you saw a fired up president last went in cleveland. friday, pundits ying you didn't say anything new pt the news conference. he did suc tceed in framing thi as, don't hold the middle class host aage. that you need to at least move rward on those tax cuts. 48 hours later john boehner's on cbs's "face the nation" shifting his position. it's clear that they're not there yet in tes of holding control of congress but the first time found something seizing on the middle class aspect, put republicans on their heels. maybe temp rare -- terare-tempo >> unbelievable. >>> last week's gas explosion in n , california. it show as massive fireball melting everything in sight.ay you're about to see it. stay with us. weome to progressive. nice calculator. i'm just trying to save money on my car inrance. you know, with progressive, you get the option to name your price. is that even possible? uh, absolutely. trade
went out and really beat up on john boehner. pushed thi s idea of a choins between republicans and democrats. talked about it before. you saw a fired up president last went in cleveland. friday, pundits ying you didn't say anything new pt the news conference. he did suc tceed in framing thi as, don't hold the middle class host aage. that you need to at least move rward on those tax cuts. 48 hours later john boehner's on cbs's "face the nation" shifting his position. it's clear that...
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any reaction from the white house or even the president that now two days after john boehner would walk out of the meeting with the president that he would lead calls two days in a row to try to come up with some other plan and their deadline would be by 8:00 this evening? >> reporter: well, not specifically. you know, that's kind of -- it feels like past history at this point. what they're trying to do is come up with something that could -- come up with a plan by tomorrow, which is monday, that would give them time to post some type of plan, get a vote on it, and hit that deadline of august 2nd. and then also, you know, you do have some flurry here because of the markets in asia trying to at least get an idea that things are moving. it appears all of the sudden after an entire day of kind of waiting and watching that something might be afoot. >> jill dougherty at the white house, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> all right. the king and queen of norway now were seen openly weeping leading their nation in mourning the 93 people killed in friday's bomb and shooting terror attacks. po
any reaction from the white house or even the president that now two days after john boehner would walk out of the meeting with the president that he would lead calls two days in a row to try to come up with some other plan and their deadline would be by 8:00 this evening? >> reporter: well, not specifically. you know, that's kind of -- it feels like past history at this point. what they're trying to do is come up with something that could -- come up with a plan by tomorrow, which is...
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boehner first disputed the fact. a moment later, he said whatever the case may be, lawmakers shouldn't be paid. >> they shouldn't be getting paid, just like federal employees. >> they wouldn't be if the house passed a version of this senate bill. kind of spells it out. but the house didn't because of a real catch 22. the house legislation to stop paying lawmakers in case of government shutdown is bundled into the bill that if it doesn't pass would lead to a government shutdown. catch 22. so they'll get paid, but 800,000 federal workers won't. the troops won't. many people won't get their tax refund checks. small business loans won't go out. national park also close and a whole lot more. today, president obama talked about sergeant christopher hartune who would be losing a paycheck. his wife is a federal worker, so they would go from two paychecks to none. >> if we need the government shut down for a few days for us to really get serious, i think the american people are with that. >> if liberals would rather play poli
boehner first disputed the fact. a moment later, he said whatever the case may be, lawmakers shouldn't be paid. >> they shouldn't be getting paid, just like federal employees. >> they wouldn't be if the house passed a version of this senate bill. kind of spells it out. but the house didn't because of a real catch 22. the house legislation to stop paying lawmakers in case of government shutdown is bundled into the bill that if it doesn't pass would lead to a government shutdown....
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speaker john boehner's fact sheet says that it would get cut across the board. the white house says medicare beneficiaries are protected. we're going to try and get clarification. more details should come out after more members actually read the measure. >> you know, i haven't seen the legislation yet. i haven't had an opportunity to read it. >> too often we're asked to vote on legislation where we haven't even had an opportunity to read it. so i definitely want to read exactly what is in this deal. >> i haven't seen it in writing the final product. as you know with these things, the details on important. >> details are important. you can almost hear the world markets sigh with relief that the u.s. might avoid default. asian stocks rallied after president obama announced that a deal had been reached. we're joined in a moment from hong kong with details. u.s. stock futures, by the way, are way up this morning. remember last week -- you probably would rather forget how the market did last week. it was the worst week in more than a year thanks in no small part to t
speaker john boehner's fact sheet says that it would get cut across the board. the white house says medicare beneficiaries are protected. we're going to try and get clarification. more details should come out after more members actually read the measure. >> you know, i haven't seen the legislation yet. i haven't had an opportunity to read it. >> too often we're asked to vote on legislation where we haven't even had an opportunity to read it. so i definitely want to read exactly what...
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the house delaying a vote on boehner's bill today. they are trying to convince tea party backed members to get behind this plan. the question is how does boehner twist arms when he has a group of tea party members dug in and believe they were sent to congress with this mandate to cut spending and some of them have indicated to us right here on the show they don't care about re-election? >> well, i think that the -- please know that the reverberations from what is going on in washington is felt here in london and around the world. people are getting deeply concerned in london and people are agast at american politics and brought ourselves to the brink and could bring the world to a new economic crisis. everyone around the world is watching this and we have entered now the most important 24 hours, i think, perhaps the 36 hours in this whole long debate because the house has to break, one way or the other, the house has to vote today and the senate has to move on whatever it wants to put forward. how does speaker boehner get there? he wa
the house delaying a vote on boehner's bill today. they are trying to convince tea party backed members to get behind this plan. the question is how does boehner twist arms when he has a group of tea party members dug in and believe they were sent to congress with this mandate to cut spending and some of them have indicated to us right here on the show they don't care about re-election? >> well, i think that the -- please know that the reverberations from what is going on in washington is...
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i'm told that nothing is certain until speaker boehner speaks with his caucus. that's been a big question and that there is going to be a call, four house republicans, at 5:00. that's when speaker boehner will be b able to speak with his members to see how they feel about this deal. but the short and skinny of it if you will, is that the basic framework is a two-month extension. a the big headline is i'm told sorry for looking down at my blackberry, that the white house senate majority leader, harry reid, mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner and the house minority leader, nancy pelosi, are on board and have signed off on this deal that we will be looking to learn more about. but a significant development here today as we've been seeing a lot of moving parts this afternoon. >> this is huge. as we are ten days away. let's throw that countdown clock up. they have been counting and calling out. stay with me. they have been calling out the house saying if they don't act, ten more days until this expires, so you're saying reid, mcconnell, boehner, pelosi, al
i'm told that nothing is certain until speaker boehner speaks with his caucus. that's been a big question and that there is going to be a call, four house republicans, at 5:00. that's when speaker boehner will be b able to speak with his members to see how they feel about this deal. but the short and skinny of it if you will, is that the basic framework is a two-month extension. a the big headline is i'm told sorry for looking down at my blackberry, that the white house senate majority leader,...
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. >> good morning, speaker boehner's office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volume of normal phone calls, house speaker baine er's office reporting as many as 300 people on hold for as long as an hour. online the same story. site unavailable. server busy. we found better than one in three congressional web sites either slow or down entirely from all the volume. also multiple calls to the white house switchboard by one of our producers also not getting through. that's what's happening. and it's unusual. and there's new polling out there on the debt issue from pew research. pay attention to this. 68% say that lawmakers who share their views should be willing to compromise even if they strike a deal they disagree with. just 23% say lawmakers should hold firm, even if it means the government goes into default. recent cnn orc polling is no less striking. by 68 to 32%, people sa
. >> good morning, speaker boehner's office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volume of normal phone calls, house speaker baine er's office reporting as many as 300 people on hold for as long as an hour. online the same story. site unavailable. server busy. we found better than one in three congressional web...
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this weekend john boehner called the national debt a moral threat to this country and said people better start praying. it's going to take more than prayers. it's going to take guts, the kind being displayed by the governors in wisconsin and new jersey. here's the question. do you think, do you think the federal government will ever agree to meaningful cuts in spending? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and post a comment on my blog. >> jack, thank you. lots of questions right now about whether moammar gadhafi is in touch with reality as we reported, he's claiming the libyan people love him in a new interview with abc news that he's refusing to acknowledge the protests against him. listen to what the u.s. am bass bore to the united nations susan rice said about his interview. >> it sound frankly delusional. when he can laugh in talking to american and international journalists while he is slaughtering his own people, it only underscores how unfit he is to lead. and how disconnected he is from reality. it makes all the more important the urgent steps that we have taken over the course of the la
this weekend john boehner called the national debt a moral threat to this country and said people better start praying. it's going to take more than prayers. it's going to take guts, the kind being displayed by the governors in wisconsin and new jersey. here's the question. do you think, do you think the federal government will ever agree to meaningful cuts in spending? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and post a comment on my blog. >> jack, thank you. lots of questions right now about whether...
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house speaker john boehner, a spokesman for boehner gave us a statement afterward not indicating he's on board with this or that they are budging, but they all agree they need to get a one-year deal but also say that they need to move to reconcile their differences so they can provide that one-year payroll relief and do so by year's end. you don't get an indication there that speaker boehner is on board with what his colleague in the house is proposing but some possibly very significant developments here as we've seen mounting pressure on house republicans to give some ground here, specifically coming from their senate colleagues and we're seeing a little bit more of that here. >> kate, thank you. i want to bring in wolf. i understand you've got a question for kate as well. >> i just wanted to follow up, kate. so the reaction from the speaker to what mitch mcconnell proposed today was not necessarily all that negative. he's leaving open the possibility? is that what you're saying? >> i don't know if we can read into it too far, but it is notable, wolf, that in this statement it says e
house speaker john boehner, a spokesman for boehner gave us a statement afterward not indicating he's on board with this or that they are budging, but they all agree they need to get a one-year deal but also say that they need to move to reconcile their differences so they can provide that one-year payroll relief and do so by year's end. you don't get an indication there that speaker boehner is on board with what his colleague in the house is proposing but some possibly very significant...
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and now, boehner and his family are seeking a shorter term deal. but the president is saying no, no. now's the time to go big. get thing done for good. here he was, the president just this morning. >> i will not sign a 30 day or a 60 day or a 90-day extension. that's not an septemberabaccept approach. if it's hard now, how are the guys going to be thinking six months from now in the middle of an election season when they're all up. it's not going to get easier, it's going to get harder. we might as well do it now. pull off the band aid, eat our peas. now's the time to do it. if not now, when? >> brianna at the white house. bring us up to date. are the high stakes talks happening right this very second? >> as we understand it, brooke, these meetings continue here at the white house. president obama with top democrats and republicans in congress. you heard the tone that the president was striking there, like a parent trying to get two kids to share. he's been saying he's bending over backwards, giving up a lot and republicans are not. of course, that
and now, boehner and his family are seeking a shorter term deal. but the president is saying no, no. now's the time to go big. get thing done for good. here he was, the president just this morning. >> i will not sign a 30 day or a 60 day or a 90-day extension. that's not an septemberabaccept approach. if it's hard now, how are the guys going to be thinking six months from now in the middle of an election season when they're all up. it's not going to get easier, it's going to get harder....